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The article talks about news laws being put in place that make it more difficult to legally preserve obsolete video games.

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This claim seems to be true. There are multiple sources outside of the one you posted such as The Verge, PCMag, and Game Developer that reported on the issue. This article also gives the tweet from Video Game History Foundation who was the leading factor in trying to get these game preserved. With all of that info it seems that the US Copyright Office did in fact block libraries from preseving old games and that makes the claim that they don't want to give access to old games accurate.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/us-copyright-office-deals-blow-to-video-game-conservationists

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/u-s-copyright-office-rejects-dmca-exemption-to-support-game-preservation

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/25/24279657/us-copyright-dmca-exception-extension-denied-remote-access
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